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The Veronicas

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The Veronicas are comprised of twin sisters, Jess and Lisa Origliasso. The sisters were born on Christmas Day in 1984 in Albany Creek, Queensland (Jess was born 1 minute before Lisa). Prior to forming The Veronicas, Lisa and Jess played Sapphire and Emerald Buxton respectively in the Australian children television series, Cybergirl.

The Origliasso sisters moved from Brisbane, Australia to Los Angeles when they were 19 years old. In our interview, Jess Origliasso expressed her thoughts on LA: "It's an extremely inspiring city, so much great old glamour, music history and movie history here. It's very motivating because there's so many creative people, you feel that buzz when you're here." Jess continued: "The people here are fantastic. You definitely grow up a little quicker. With the different people you meet, you're challenged on a social level, you're challenged on a musical level. It's also an incredibly beautiful place. You can go up north to Northern California, you can go to the beaches. And I think the best thing is that there's so much history with music and so many people that love what they do here. Of course, there's a dark side to Hollywood, but you'd have to expect that. It's also inspiring in a kind of sad way. So it's kind of inspiring to what you don't want to be and what you don't want to be suckered into. It's like watching a car crash where you see so many people that do get sucked into that place - you can't tear your eyes away. But it all fuels that creative energy, so I feel lucky that we've spent so much time here and had that chance."

The Veronicas are named after Veronica Sawyer, Winona Ryder's character in the film Heathers. Jess Origliasso told MTV: "The name is something we thought about for a long time, and we wanted it to be a girl's name, but we didn't want it to be 'the Jesses.' We were very conscious of not wanting to make it a twin thing, because we think that's really tacky." Lisa added: "So one day we saw the movie Heathers, and there's a line where one girl asks, 'Are you a Heather?' and Winona Ryder's character answers, 'No, I'm a Veronica,' and so we went with that, because she was this kind of cool, unique chick with an attitude." In 2005, Archie Comics filed a lawsuit against The Veronicas for apparent trademark infringement. Archie Comics claimed the sisters had named themselves after their comic book character, Veronica Lodge, and demanded $200 million in damages. A settlement was reached between both parties involving a cross-promotion, with The Veronicas going on to appear in multiple Archie Comic issues.

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